Chapter 748: The Good Swimmer Dies: The Water (Part I)
Zhang Shun, the white strip in the waves, is worthy of being one of the best people in the water among the leaders of the Liangshan Water Army, as soon as he enters the river, he quickly blends into the water, and his eyes are completely unaffected by the flowing water, so he immediately adjusts the direction of his body and goes straight to the place where the big boat in front of him is.
But after only a few swims, he had to stop his movements, and at the same time he had already taken the short knife that had been holding in his mouth and slashed forward, cutting a thin net in front of him, and calmly passing through. These nets are a little insidious, so thin and dense that they are so flexible that if his vision in the water is not affected at all, he is afraid that he will really be on the road.
After safely passing through the obstacles of several network arrays, Zhang Shuncai's heart suddenly moved, thinking that there were still people behind him who went into the water with him, so he quickly turned around and slapped the water behind him to warn. But apparently he was still half a step late, because there were already a few muffled snorts from behind, and the one who was not eyesighted enough was entangled in the fishing net, and when he struggled, he was pulled down and sunk, and when he opened his mouth to scream, he was poured a few mouthfuls of water, which was really embarrassing.
Seeing this, Zhang Shun had the heart to save him, but then he thought that the situation was urgent, and soon those enemy ships that could pass through the net array would be killed, and he had to save the big ship above first, so he gritted his teeth, kicked his legs and swung around, and quickly swam to the dark bottom of the big ship. And after suffering losses in the rear, many brothers still cut their fishing nets and followed.
After arriving at the bottom of the big ship and seeing the situation here, Zhang Shun unconsciously gasped again, and his heart was even more shocked. I saw that the bottom of this big boat, which was more than ten zhang long and five or six zhang wide, was actually entangled and shrouded by countless fishing nets of different thicknesses and sizes, even if he and others did their best, I am afraid that it would take an hour or two to help them get out of trouble, and this is only a boat. By that time, however, the enemy had won a complete victory, and had swaggered back to the city.
"What should I do......" Zhang Shun's heart froze, and the brothers around him also looked at him with questioning eyes, and they naturally looked at Zhang at this time.
At this time, there were already sounds of killing on the water, and many black shadows came quickly, and it was the enemy ships that rushed to kill. As soon as he turned around, Zhang Shun found that their hulls were indeed extremely shallow in the water, completely floating above the fishing nets, and what made his eyes flash even more was that there were several sharp blades under these hulls, so that even if there were really fishing nets accidentally entangled, they would be easily cut by the sharp blades, and it was difficult to have too much impact on the movement of the boat.
No wonder these anti-thief ships dared to attack so recklessly, it turned out that they had been fully prepared for everything! Seeing this, Zhang Shun hated and was more anxious. The enemy is so deliberate, and his own big ship is already unable to move an inch, and it is completely a passive target, if he doesn't think of a way to come out, he will really be defeated in front of Yongjin Gate today. Although even if he really loses, it doesn't matter the overall situation, but he doesn't want many brothers to die in the trap of the other party's conspiracy in vain.
On the several large ships above, the officers and men of the Song army were also very nervous looking at the enemy ships that had come quickly, and with the orders of Li Jun and several other generals, the soldiers also showed up their bows, crossbows, throwing guns and other water combat weapons. However, when facing enemy ships with variable speed and direction, most of the arrows they fired were inaccurate, and it was difficult to pose much of a threat. However, some of the arrows fired by the enemy at this time, because the target of the big ship was obviously unable to move, were hit one after another, although the casualties were very small, but it was already very helpless.
Yuan Kai, who personally commanded the battle on the ship, shouted even more: "All the ships are separated and outflanked from both sides, shoot his sails with rockets first, and then burn his ship's side!" With a series of flags waving and commanding, the many ships that rushed out quickly dispersed, and then scattered left and right.
Although the Song army also had small boats on their side to block it, they were also in danger in this water, and a few boats had just moved forward before they suddenly moved sideways, but they were also entangled in the fishing nets below, although they were not as serious as those big boats, but it was not easy to get out. So, when the two sides approached, these small warships that had lost power were the first to suffer, and were attacked by a fierce rocket attack, and the fire was together, and everyone on board was even more panicked, and people kept jumping into the water.
At this time, it was less than two hours before the battle began here at Yongjinmen, but the Song army fleet that had been attacking with all its strength had completely fallen into the downwind, and the large and small ships were constantly on fire, and they couldn't even retreat and retreat, and the danger of the situation was really unprecedented.
Zhang Shun and others, who only showed half of their heads to ventilate, were even more anxious when they saw this scene, but more aggrieved. They never imagined that they would have such a passive day in the water, but as long as the big boat could not get out of the entanglement of the fishing nets, it was impossible to turn the situation around.
What to do? Zhang Shun asked himself again in his heart, at this time, he must come up with the most effective way, even if he takes some risks, he must try! Suddenly, his mind moved, he had an idea, his body sank, and he plunged into the water again, but he no longer tried to find a way to the big ship, but turned and swam towards the enemy ships not far away.
When the others saw his action, they also understood it at the first time, and immediately stretched their bodies one by one, swam at full speed and followed. Since their own big ship can no longer get out of trouble, they can only destroy the enemy ship from underwater. As soon as all the enemy's ships were destroyed, the battle would naturally be reversed.
Zhang Shun's speed under the water was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had come to the bottom of a not very large enemy ship, and his body sank horizontally and again to avoid the sharp blade below, and when he shrank back, the person had already hidden under the ship. He climbed to the bottom of the boat with his left hand, and the short knife in his right hand had stabbed upwards and chiseled into the weak spot of the bottom of the boat.
It's a pity that they didn't expect this change in this battle, so they didn't bring out the more handy chisel, and they could only use short knives to break the boat. But after all, Zhang Shun is an expert in this area, and he has not done such things in the past, and at this time he started quickly, and after a while, he had already cut several large openings in the bottom of the ship, and then as soon as he let go of his hand, the person had quickly returned to the water.
The enemy above noticed the sinking of the ship after a few moments, and then they were horrified to see a large amount of water pouring in, and immediately exclaimed: "The water is leaking, stop the ......."
But after the light of the boat, which was mainly characterized by lightness, was cut through several openings in the bottom, the situation became out of control, and as the river poured in, the hull sank rapidly, and they sank without giving them a chance to remedy.
Soon after, similar situations followed. Although the other brothers did not have Zhang Shun's ability, several people destroyed it with their hands, and the efficiency was also good, and they actually sank five or six enemy ships in just half an hour. This immediately frightened all the enemy ships, and they no longer dared to attack the Song army's big ships unscrupulously, which greatly reduced their pressure.
"It's underwater, the enemy is doing something underwater...... "Someone finally reacted and screamed.
Yuan Kai's face was even pale, and he immediately ordered: "Put arrows below, force them out, and hook them out with a hook!" He'd heard of water battles where water spirits were able to attack from underneath the ship, so he had always been prepared.
Suddenly, the whizzing arrows continued to be released under the water. This result, it really caused a lot of casualties, some of the sailors because their position in the water was not too deep to avoid the dense falling arrows, and they were injured and hit, and the blood quickly gushed out of the river. In this way, the archers on the ship were able to find the target position, and the arrows were all directed towards the area where the red liquid rippled, and many people settled on it.
Zhang Shun was very skilled in the water and reacted quickly enough, so he easily dodged these arrows. At the same time, he was also ruthless, quickly found the flagship of Yuan Kai, the enemy's main general, and quickly approached it, but he planned to sink the most critical ship first.
But this time, he obviously underestimated the other party's mind. Yuan Kai, who was on the boat, also quickly guessed that the other party would take himself as the main target, so he made people prepare early in the morning and stared at the river. Although the people under the water are covered by the river, in such a big day, there will eventually be some signs, such as the sudden approach of the dark shadow, and the wisps of bubbles caused by the ventilation.
No matter how strong Zhang Shun is in the water, he is not a fish in the end. Especially when he made up his mind to destroy the enemy's ships, he needed a lot of force, so when he reached the bottom of the ship, he breathed a sharp breath.
When a string of fine bubbles rose from the edge of the ship, someone screamed: "He's below us!" ”
"Cast a net for me, and let go of the hook! I'm going to catch this big fish! Yuan Kai knew that it must not be easy for the guy who dared to fight his own ideas at this time, so he immediately gave an order.
There was a large net on the ship, and there were many fine hooks on this net, which, after being thrown into the river, sank quickly and surrounded on all sides.
Zhang Shun really didn't expect the enemy to have this trick, he just let go of a sharp blade, and before he could climb the bottom of the boat, there were nets on both sides, and he was so frightened that he quickly let go and was about to dive. But at this time, another hook quickly hooked from the side, and there were quite a few of them, almost sealing all the space for him to dodge, even if it sank as fast as these things.
This is also related to the fact that Zhang Shun's location at this time is actually very close to the water, if it can be a few feet deeper, the situation will be much better, and he will have more room to move. But now, there is really no way to hide.
The only thing he could do was to stop sinking, but to curl up at the bottom of the boat with all his might, hoping that the nets would not really catch him.
But obviously this is impossible, under the big net, he was pocketed in one go. Immediately, the thin hooks hanging on the net quickly nailed into his body like maggots attached to the bone, and as soon as the severe pain hit, Zhang Shun took a breath of cool air, and the river water instantly poured into his mouth and nose......